one less reason to buy a Pixel, well done Google!

The company says this is because it’s shifting its AOSP reference target from Pixel hardware to a virtual device called “Cuttlefish” to be more neutral.

This actually probably make sense, but they could still be cool and have pixel drivers be open source in a different repo if that was the only reason.

Now more than ever we need more work on PostmarketOS, Mobian, Gnome Mobile etc...

Bummer that it's still so hard to find a somewhat modern, affordable phone that is Linux compatible

Does this mean Graphene is dead? Probably the real reason they would do this is to kill Graphene.

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That was bound to happen at some point. Buying a Google device to then "degoogle" it never sit quite right with me.

This is not good, this is why I don't like permissive licenses.

Sundar Pichai strikes again!

Long time coming, Play Integrity (or whatever's called nowadays) restrictions have effectively killed any alternative distributions.

I swear to god how many time it has to pass until developers realize open source is just a facade only Free Software licences are free as in freedom

I am running GOS on a Pixel 7, which means I've had this device for ~2.5 years at this point, and back when I transitioned to this setup I was aware they were talking about being beholden to Pixels due to the hardware security module not being available on other devices.

It has been a known issue. I understand it is a very difficult and costly undertaking to develop new hardware and new entrants would be competing against the big guys for fab space, manufacturing and assembly etc.

We need some kind of nonprofit or independently financed group to advance this cause. Could it be FUTO, Framework, or some other company/organization like this?

There would be market incentive to solve these problems - There has got to be a lot of demand for a neutral hardware platform that meets the hardware security module and other requirements for bootloader security, custom ROMs, etc.

huh, look at that. the thing people were warned about when buying pixel phones happened.

This fucking sucks. Cyberpunk dystopia

More like A-no-SP

Oneplus gang, how we feelin?

So I installed LineageOS recently. Now that I've transferred my passwords and account info I'm quite happy. What will happen from here? Will some apps stop working? If not, is there a problem with just continuing to use the phone as is until I need a new phone (security, eg)?

So I bought a pixel device (an old one) for nothing ?

If Pine64 can spec out a reasonably decent prototype of a phone and Purism can sell theirs for 2 grand (not worth it), then somebody else can legit come out with something just the same. Pine64 project and Purism cannot be the only communities that can somehow come out with these kinds of tech. Better yet, more people should be jumping to help out these guys to be free from Google and Apple dominance.